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Description

If a go or thread blocks throws an exception, there is nothing in Clojure to catch and handle (or report) the exception. Instead, it propagates up to the ThreadExcecutor which invokes its NO-OP afterExecute() method and is re-thrown, ultimately being displayed on the System.err:

Exception in thread "async-dispatch-32" java.lang.IllegalStateException: Fall down, go boom!
at flashiz.resources.orders$index.invoke(orders.clj:26)
at clojure.lang.Var.invoke(Var.java:411)
at clojure.lang.AFn.applyToHelper(AFn.java:159)
at clojure.lang.Var.applyTo(Var.java:532)
at clojure.core$apply.invoke(core.clj:617)
at io.aviso.rook$rook_dispatcher.invoke(rook.clj:225)
at flashiz.async$wrap_sync_handler$fn__9005.invoke(async.clj:34)
at flashiz.resources$authorize_async_rook_middleware$fn_9356$fn9402$state_machine3245auto__9403$fn_9405.invoke(resources.clj:21)
at flashiz.resources$authorize_async_rook_middleware$fn_9356$fn9402$state_machine3245auto___9403.invoke(resources.clj:21)
at clojure.core.async.impl.ioc_macros$run_state_machine.invoke(ioc_macros.clj:945)
at clojure.core.async.impl.ioc_macros$run_state_machine_wrapped.invoke(ioc_macros.clj:949)
at clojure.core.async.impl.ioc_macros$take_BANG_$fn__3261.invoke(ioc_macros.clj:958)
at clojure.core.async.impl.channels.ManyToManyChannel$fn__2256.invoke(channels.clj:80)
at clojure.lang.AFn.run(AFn.java:24)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)

It would be nice if execution of the go/thread block was wrapped in an exception handler that delegated to a default function to report the exception. My goal is to be able to alter that function to report it more nicely and/or write it to a persistent log file.